Golden Gate Heights Neighborhood Association

Golden Gate Heights Park

Golden Gate Heights Park is a unique property that offers full-service recreation in a small area. It has an old-growth forest with social trails, two playing fields, tennis courts, a playground, panoramic views of the Sunset and Pacific Ocean,and a Natural Areas Program feature within the endangered Green Hairstreak Butterfly Corridor. This is truly a magical site with great potential.

Currently: A Neglected Treasure

Despite its idyllic setting and potential as a city-wide attraction, the park infrastructure and grounds are falling apart and have not been renovated since the park’s creation. What little is left of the playground equipment is failing and leaches arsenic; families with children have written it off as useless; potholes and cracks in the paved pathways hamper all and prevent the most vulnerable from navigating the grounds safely; there are no accessible entrances; the fields are poorly drained, sloped and full of potholes; trees are aging, dangerous and there is no reforestation plan; the park furniture is rotting or absent; the understory is overridden by invasive species; the tennis courts need resurfacing; the Natural Areas Program (NAP) dunes suffer from severe erosion and lack of plantings.

But the setting is gorgeous with potential benefits too great to ignore. That is why our community has come together to imagine what Golden Gate Heights Park can become and create a plan for renovation and transformation to serve current and future generations.

Project Details

How You Can Help

Donate your time and talent

Sign up to volunteer! We get credit for every hour volunteered in weeding, fundraising, or any other effort on behalf of the project. We are committed to providing 900 volunteer hours. Information on volunteering will be available shortly.

Donate money

Monetary contributions in any amount help us reach our goal of raising $15,000 in matching funds. You can make your contribution here.

Spread the word!

Get your friends and neighbors involved. Are your grandchildren visiting this summer? Bring them to a volunteer cleanup day!